Two Long Island senators have introduced legislation to repeal the MTA Payroll Tax for county, town and village governments. The latest bill from senators Jack Martins, R-Mineola, and Lee Zeldin, R-Shirley, would exempt all smaller levels of government within the ...

Throughout most of the 1900s, building was welcomed on Long Island. With thousands moving east from the city, communities grew exponentially and construction boomed. Ambitious developers turned vacant fields into neighborhoods and small centers of commerce, usually with the support ...

Despite thunderous talk about how “green is good,” recycling by many Long Island towns declined precipitously over the past decade, according to a new study. Recycling on Long Island dropped by 20 percent in about a decade, according to a ...

In the wake of the state’s takeover of Nassau County’s finances last week, Long Islanders are questioning how a place with the highest taxes and some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country can be on the brink of going ...

There’s a lot of talk lately about Long Island having to decide what it wants to be. I believe the choice has been made. We’re no longer a bedroom community of New York City with farmers and fishermen sprinkled in. ...